Real democracy : the New England town meeting and how it works /

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"Relying on more than three decades of firsthand research, Frank M. Bryan examines one of the purest forms of American democracy, the New England town meeting. At these meetings, usually held once a year, all eligible citizens of the town may become legislators; they meet in face-to-face assemb...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bryan, Frank M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Colección:American politics and political economy.
Temas:
Local government > New England.
Democracy > New England.
Political participation > New England.
Administration locale > Nouvelle-Angleterre.
Participation politique > Nouvelle-Angleterre.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Local.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > State & Provincial.
Democracy
Local government
Political participation
Demokratie
Politische Kommunikation
Kommunalpolitik
Politische Beteiligung
Démocratie > Nouvelle-Angleterre (États-Unis)
Participation politique > Nouvelle-Angleterre (États-Unis)
Administration locale > Nouvelle-Angleterre (États-Unis)
New England
Neuengland
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the methodology of starting from scratch
  • Town meeting: an American conversation
  • Democracy as a public presence: walking the bounds
  • Attendance: the architecture of governance
  • Attendance: the context of community
  • Democracy as public talk: walking the bounds
  • Democracy as public talk: exploring the contexts
  • The question of equality: women's presence
  • The question of equality: women's participation
  • If you build it, let them play
  • The best democracy, the worst democracy
  • Conclusion: a lover's quarrel.

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